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William Reed

August 29, 2005 08:31AM

Frank,
During that time period up until freight traffic decreased dramatically there was usually 1 engine left in Chama--probably as a back up in case something happened up on Cumbres. It would could have been used for any switching purposes as well.
William
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Switching Chama in the 40's	frank martindell	August 29, 2005 08:21AM
Re: Switching Chama in the 40's	William Reed	August 29, 2005 08:31AM

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